Canada Post introduces Flat Rate Box for eBay users – Canada NewsWire (press release)

Online flash sale site Rue La La, which counts eBay (EBAY.O) as an investor, is exploring a sale that could value the company at around $400 million (235.5 million pounds), people familiar with the matter said on Monday. Boston-based Rue La La, which has attracted interest from online shopping site Gilt Groupe, has hired JPMorgan…

CNET Groupon Acquires Groupon Clone CityDeal, Expands to Europe Extremely EasilyFast Company(eBay acquired an eBay clone coincidentally started by the same folks who started CityDeal–those folks know how to turn a buck.) It's not clear if Groupon …Going Global: Groupon Buys European Clone CitydealMashable (blog)Groupon grabs German clone CityDeal to create European beachheadVentureBeatGroupon expands by…

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Found on EBay — 'They Call Them Camisoles'Los Angeles Times, CAThis is truly an unusual item. "They Call Them Camisoles" was written by former actress Wilma Carnes using the name Wilma Wilson and describes her harrowing experiences at the state mental hospital at Camarillo. Wilson was committed to the hospital as … More: continued here

Some EBay Sellers Will Get a Price Break, but Hated Feedback …New York Times, United States –1 minute agoBy Saul Hansell EBay is giving a little to disgruntled sellers, but it is holding firm on the changes it has made recently that many of them like least. … More: continued here

ITProPortal eBay, Amazon and LinkedIn taken down by huge worldwide Internet outageITProPortalWe've all heard that the lack of Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) could cause problems in the future, if businesses and users don't transition to the newer IPv6 – well, that future is now. On Tuesday, millions of eBay users in the UK and…